Fast Track CAE 3

27/04/2022

Review:
Page 116 exercise 5

One of the most important reasons behind criminal activity is the fact that the law is too
lenient.

Provided criminals do not go as far as to commit murder or a major robbery, it is likely

that they will escape with an insignificant punishment, such as a warning.

Even if the crime they commit is indeed serious, it is probable that they will receive a
relatively short prison sentence and that this will be reduced in return for good behavior.

It is hardly surprising that crime is flourishing to the extent that it is.

Vocabulary:

Flourishing: growing or developing successfully

- The vegetables in my garden are flourishing with the latest rainfall.

Thriving: growing, developing or being successful

- The children are thriving in their new school.

Compound Adjectives
Narrow-minded: someone who cannot or doesn’t want to consider other points of
view, ideas, etc.
Self-made: success due to the person’s own hard work and efforts.
Down-hearted: sad
First-time: the first time you do something
Open-hearted: generous,
Open-minded: someone who can consider other visions, point of view, ideas etc.
Over-stated: describing or explaining something in a way that makes it seem more
important or serious than it really is.
Light-hearted: happy, joyful, etc

Phrasal verbs
Fall for:
1. To suddenly have strong romantic feelings for someone
- She fell for him the first time she saw him.
2. Believe something that isn’t true, to be deceived by something, especially a lie.
- The little girl fell for the thief’s pretense of being a poor old man.

Fall behind: to fail to do something fast enough or on time.

- She tried her best to do all her homework but she fell behind and couldn’t
study for the exam.

Fall over yourself: be very eager to do something.

- My brother was falling over himself to get out and surf.

Fall through: fail to happen

- My trip to the United States has fallen through because of the global
pandemic.

Fall out: to have an argument and stop being friendly to them

- I had a falling out with my father when he said something that I didn’t like.

Go off something: don’t like something anymore,

- I have gone off that kind of music.
Told off: to speak angrily to sb because they have done something wrong.
- The woman told off the manager because the staff were rude.

Fall back on: to use something, especially a form of financial support, when other
things have failed.
- My friend could fall back on his mother when he lost his job.

Take in: Understand or remember something

- I’m still trying to take in phrasal verbs.

Show off: try to impress people

- My friend likes to show off his girlfriend on social media.

Call in: Ask for somebody’s services.

- I had to call in a plumber to fix the kitchen sink.
- I would recommend that you call in a lawyer if you are ever in an accident.

Take off: suddenly become successful.

- His acting career took off from the moment he premiered his first movie.

Bring in: introduce a new law, person, thing in an already existing organization or
structure.
- The new manager was brought in personally by the president of the
company.

Cut in: Interrupt somebody when speaking

- I cut in to their conversation because I knew she was lying.
Bring off: succeed in doing something difficult.
- He could hardly believe that he was able to bring off the party successfully
after the storm had destroyed the building.
- I was able to bring off the semester, even though it was tough.